<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Self-financing can protect independence while... > Self-financing can protect independence while concentrating risk. A responsible historical account preserves the costs, tradeoffs, infrastructure, labor, and opportunity losses required to build without institutional backing. **Source:** [[livestreams/Underdogs, Institutional Power, and Building the Royal Society - Workbook|Underdogs, Institutional Power, and Building the Royal Society]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Self-financing can protect independence while concentrating risk. A responsible historical account preserves the costs, tradeoffs, infrastructure, labor, and opportunity losses required to build without institutional backing.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-self-financing-protect-without-institutional-backing ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->